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Cecropia

Description by @jominime

Aka: Gummy worm fruit

a tropical latin american tree that produces a gummy worm looking fruit. you pull the skin easily off the weird stick fruit and eat the skin. you leave behind the stalk or whatever you wanna call it.

The corrosive and astringent latex is used against warts, calluses, herpes, ulcers, dysentery, and venereal diseases.

Its leaves serve as sandpaper and a tobacco substitute.

Latex from the trunk is used to make a crude type of rubber. The leaves, on the other hand, are used as a type of sandpaper because of its rough texture.

its fruits boast anti-inflammatory and antioxidant qualities, rich in protein and nutrients.

used in traditional medicine to treat cough, asthma, bronchitis, high blood pressure, inflammation, heart disease, and as a diuretic.

used against liver ailments, dropsy, hypertension, kidney infections, heart conditions, Bright's disease, back pain, wounds, cuts, and asthma.

needs to grow hot and dry.

air layer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ck3bZyATJw

Scientific NameCecropia peltata
TypeTree
CollectionFruits
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AddedMar 8, 2026

Found in Apothecary

Cardiovascular & Blood · blood-pressure-lowering, diuretic

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